Floor waxer and polisher



July 17, 1923.

J. cs. BROOKS FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHER Filed June so 1922 K I awueutoz 2'3 Ja'ms G- B M Patented July 17, 1923. i

,UITEDSTATES' PATENTO JAMES ei BROOKS, or OMAHA, nn nAsKA.

FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHER.

and without waste,and will consist oftew parts so that it may be conveniently manu-v factured. Other objects 0t the invention will be'stated hereinaften i The invention consists'of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein-- i i Fig. 1 is a partly broken,rplan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 's 1 Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, I provide a waxdispensing receptacle consisting, in part of a base-plate 4 having numerous apertures or perforations 5 formed therein and having and ridges b.

upright walls a, said walls beingprovided with inwardly projecting ridges b,- and at G'is indicated a containerfor a supply of wax 7, its upright walls being disposed adjacent to and inwardly of the walls a Numeral 8 indicates a" bearing-plate adapted to be seated on'the top of the wax,

said plate being provided with upright,

parallelguides of aligning-rods9, and it will be understood thata downward pressure applied to the plate willtend to move the wax, or-a pm thereof, through the apertures 50f the plate 4:.

Numeral 10 indicates a porous pad or fabric adapted tolie beneath" the plate 4 and to engage the outer and inner sides of the walls a and adapted to be maintained in that position by means of a spring frame or loop 11, this spring frame being of such proportions that its ends will press the pad or fabric against the ridges b, one or the ends of said frame or loop being provided with a roller 12 to facilitate its removal or for placing it in the position described.

The parts thusdescribedconstitute the the handle, may be-moved and pressed upon the waxed fioor, and this is the operation Applicationfiled June 30, 1922." Serial No. 572,070.

t At 12 is indicated a covervor lid adapted to be secured to the walls of the wax-container 6, said lid being provided with apertures c for receiving the rods of guides -9, and provided at, its middle -with a slot 14. Numeral 15 indicates a yoke which is slidingly mountedon the rods ,t9;.'and springs 16 are mounted on saidrods between the yoke and the plate 8. Numeral 17 indicates a rack-bar disposed in theslot 14: of the lid, its lower end being pivotally mounted upon the yoke, as indicated at d i (Fig. 2) midway between the-ends thereof, and it will be understood that thexrack bar may be moved inwardly of the lid, against the force of thesprings 16, for pressing the plate 8 against the wax to cause the latter i to move outwardly through the apertures5. I Numeral 18 indicates, a handleprovided with a pair of arms 19havingpiv0tal mountings upon projections 20 which areprovided :Eor theopposed sides of the wax-dispensin receptacle, midway between the, ends thereo complete floor waxer, and by use of the handle it may be pressed downwardly and moved upon the floor to be waxed, the/wax being pressed into and through thelpad orfabr1c'10,t0 form a thin coatingof wax upon the floor. i t

The polisher consists of a metallic box 21 in which the floor waxer above described may be removably disposed, the bottom of said box being provided with a plate 22 preferably constructed of wood, said plate 22 being provided with numerous" brushes 23, and in operation, after the floor has been waxed, as mentioned, the device, by useof for polishing afloor.

from the box 21, the brush not being used,

"and during operation the pad'orifabric 10 will become somewhat heated fr om fricthat when i the device ,tional contact with the floori which 'facilicount hard wax may be employed. Also during operation the degree of pressure of plate 8 upon the wax may be adjusted from time to time as may be required, by use of the rack-bar 17 in the manner descrlbed, to cause a suitable quantity of wax to pass from the container 6 to the fabric or pad.

Since the pivotalmounting for. the handle is equi-distant from the endsof the device, all parts of the bottom of the, pad, approxr mately, willhave uniform pressure upon a floor.

It will be understood that when the device is used as a polisher, the W3-Xf-dlSp6I1S'-f ing receptacle 4 and parts first described, togetherwith the pad or cloth 10- is placed in" the box 21", the rack-bar preferablyrbeing swung alimited distance in theislotvl i fora releaselof itsteethfromv the lid, to a permit retraction offthesprings 16, so that p ed on the plate22.

the wax will not "becompressed. At 24 is indicated a bandror buffer which Wh'le' I have described construotion in detail, I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself in this respect, and changes in size, forin,'proportion and minor details may-be made, as found to be OfadVantage,

said changes being determined by thescope of the invention as claimed-.-

' I claim'as my invention:

1, Incombination, a wax dispensing receptacle consisting of a perforated baseplate having upright walls and provided inwardly of saiduprightvwalls with a Waxcontainer, a bearing-plate provided with guides and disposed in'thewax-container, springs 'on'the, guides, ayoke engaging the springsand traversed by the guides, a lid on the wax-container provided with :a a slot and traversed by said guides, and a rack-bar in the slot of the lid, said rack-bar being pivotallylmounted onthe yoke and movable wax containerr 341a combination, a perforated base having; upright walls, a porous, w flexible pad bneath the perforated; base and engaging is mount-' the outer and inner sides; of said upright walls, a wax-container on the perforated base, a bearing-plate provided wlth guides and disposed in the wax-container, a yoke traversed -bywthe guides, springs on the guides between the yoke and bearing-plate, a lid onrthe wax-container provided with a slot and traversed by the guides, a rackbar in the slot of the lidchaving a pivotal mounting on the yoke. and movable for inovingthe bearing-plate inwardly of the wax-container, and a spring loop between the upright walls of the perforated base and wax-container for pressing the flexible pad againstthe inner sidesof the upright walls of said base. I z 5 4. In combination,a perforated basezhaving upright walls, a porous, fiexiblehpadm.

beneaththe perforated base and engaging the outer and inner sides of said upright walls, a wax-container onto-the perforated base, a bearing-plate inthe waxscontainer,

springs or'rthe bearing-plate, a yoke en'- gagingthe springs, alidon the Wax-container provided with ai'slot, a'rack-biar in the slot of the lidhavinga pivotal mounting on "the yoke and movable for'movin'g' the bearing-plate inwardly: of the wax-container, andfa spring between, the upright walls of the perforated base and wax-container for pressing thefiexible pad against the inner sides of the upright walls of said base.

5; In combination, ing upright walls, a porous, flexible member beneath the; perforated base and engaging the outer and inner sides of'said upright.

perforated base havwalls, a wax-container on the perforated 7 base, a bearing-plate in the wax-container,

springs on the bearing-plate, ai-"yoke engagingthe springs, a lid on the wax-container,

a rackbar traversing the lid and 'pivotally mounted on the yoke and movable for moving the bearing-plate inwardly of the waxcontainer, and a resilient member, between the upright walls a of the. perforated base and wax-container for pressing the porous,

flexible member against the; inner sides of the upright walls ofsaid lease-- In testimony whereof, I have afiixed-m'y signature in presence of two witnesses:

1 JAMES'G. BROOKS. Witnesses:

' HIRAMv A.-Scrrmcns, ARTHUR H. Srunens. 

